February 10, 2006

squidmaster 2043 reunion tour

Yeah that's right, the squid rises again, run for cover or your flesh will be consumed by my ferocious little beak.

I've been saving my squidmaster 2043 costume from Halloween until I get a workable digital camera. For the last few months it has graced the entryway to my apartment, seated astride a dressmaker's doll that Jake and I found in an alley. It's my version of the lawn jockey.

Anyway, there's a "f*@# valentine's day" costume party in U district tonight. I decided to get squidmaster up to snuff again. At the end of Halloween night, stumbling around in the rain looking for a taxi, the 2-liter bottles which give the mantle it's distinctive shape pierced through the backside. Luckily I still have foam adhesive so I fixed it again. I also added some accessories that I didn't have time for last time around:

  • A pair of black bug-eyed goggles.
  • A chinstrap taken from a Czech riot police helmet. Surprisingly, it snapped right into the baseball helmet which is the mount for the mantle. As I discovered the first time around, having what amounts to a 3-foot tall windsail on your head can be a bit of a stability problem.

Hopefully someone there will have a camera tonight, so squidmaster can finally rest in peace...though he'll certainly be missed by all *sniff*.

Posted by Alan at February 10, 2006 10:42 PM
Comments

i truly regret having been paranoid enough on halloween night to lock myself in the dungeon and miss you as a giant drunk squid. you should find a creative way of dispensing with him. i suggest giving him to a bum and paying him to wear it. no better yet, give him to old shakes by the city market. as a side note, i would recommend adding an ink squirting device so as to ward off meatzillas and such.

Posted by: Jacob at February 11, 2006 11:59 PM

"your flesh will be consumed by my ferocious little beak"--that is fucking classic. Gawd, I wish I wasn't stuck in Missouri...

-Your Bro

Posted by: Franz Joseph 1st at February 12, 2006 01:48 PM

On second thought, the squid costume comes in first in my book. It just beat out Jason's Avril LaVeen-esque halloween 05 'stume:

"No. My name isn't Jason. My name is Beverly. Feel my boobs. They are Charmin ultra."

Posted by: Franz Joseph 1st at February 12, 2006 01:53 PM

i am pleased to report that the party was crazy. actually i went to the wrong one at first, a german techno sweatpants party next door. ("ummm, is this the squid party?")

however, the correct party turned out to be not as cool, so instead i danced the night away with the flashdance girls, screaming things like "JA! JA! DAS GEFAELLT MIR!" and "TANZEN IST SOOOO GEIL!" 10 arms to hold you, woo woo woo. i lost a tentacle though. and a jacket. better go fetch them, one more i'm an octopus--how disgusting.

jacobim: instead of old shakes i'd like to see "if ya like my pictures..." guy posing as a squid. he is quite enterprising, i noticed he has some new and exciting pieces: black ink on particle board.

bro: sight unseen (up to now) and you still vote it the best?! what corrupt judging...they'll think i paid you off or that you're related to me or something. na ja, blut ist dicker als wasser.

Posted by: alan at February 12, 2006 05:34 PM
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